Plymouth College

Plymouth College is a co-educational private school in Plymouth, Devon.

Plymouth College
Location
Plymouth , Devon , PL4 6RN England
Information
Type	Public school Private day and boarding school
Motto	Dat Deus Incrementum
Established	1877
Founder	FH Colson and LF Griffiths
Department for Education URN	113609 Tables
Chairman of governors	Adrian Palmer
Head	Peter Watts
Gender	Co-educational
Age	3 to 18
Enrolment	511
Houses	4
Colour(s)	Black Green Red
Former pupils	Old Plymothians and Mannameadians (OPMs)
School song	Carmen Collegii Plymothiensis
Website	http://www.plymouthcollege.com

Plymouth College main building at dusk

History

The school was established in 1877. In 1896 Plymouth College bought Mannamead School (founded in 1854), and was temporarily known as Plymouth and Mannamead College.^[1]

In 1976, the first girls were admitted to the school's sixth form. Plymouth College became fully coeducational in 1995. In 2004, the school absorbed St Dunstan's Abbey School, an independent school for girls founded by Lydia Sellon.^[2]

The Whiteworks Outward Bound centre on Dartmoor has a 20-bed bunkhouse.^{[3][non-primary source needed]}

Sports

The swimming programme has a partnership with the Plymouth Leander Swimming Club.^[4][5] At the 2012 Olympic Games, Rūta Meilutytė won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke for Lithuania.^[6] In 2019, the under-14 girls hockey team won the national tier 2 championships.^[7] Other sports activities in this school include Whitewater rafting, Sea kayaking, Sailing, Mountain biking, and Scuba diving.^[8]

Former teachers

• Henry John Chaytor

Notable alumni

See also: Category:People educated at Plymouth College

• Paul Ackford
• Michael Ball^[9]
• Steve Banyard
• Kerenza Bryson^[10]
• Patrick K. Collins
• Chris Constantinou
• Michael Cooper (footballer)
• Sir Alfred Woodley Croft^[11]
• William Crossing
• Tom Daley
• Richard Deacon
• Stephen Davies
• Sir Rolf Dudley-Williams
• John Fabian
• Michael Foot
• Dawn French
• Wilson Harris
• Stuart Hibberd
• Frank Hoar
• Jade Howard
• William James
• Ronald Jasper
• Alexis Kirke
• Jamila Lunkuse
• Jake Libby
• Alexander Macklin
• David Forbes Martyn
• Sir Alexander Maxwell
• Rūta Meilutytė
• Honey Osrin^[12]
• Cassie Patten
• Finn Peters
• David Quantick
• Sir Leonard Rogers
• Paul Seymour
• Peter Seaton-Clark
• Henry Slade
• Milos Stankovic
• Laura Stephens^[12]
• Walter Stoneman
• Mark Tavener
• Kavus Torabi
• John Trevaskis
• J. C. Trewin
• Miles Tunnicliff
• Grace Neutral